Love their radio shows & podcasts
I've been enjoying some of the new ones and I've been listening to some of the old XFM podcasts as well.
In one I was listening to today they were talking about the nursery rhyme Old Mother Hubbard.
I didn't realise how many other verses it has, and how crazy that dog really is.
It tries to fake it's own death for crying out loud.
They are great.
Loved the XFM podcasts, they did make tiling our bathroom from top to bottom so much more enjoyable 
All three men are fantastic. Love em!
XFM series one is possibly the funniest thing I've ever listened to, for series 2 they've became aware of how amazing Karl could be and it resulted in all these terrible ideas for competitions that he had taking it over, 3 and 4 are both great though.
Podcasts are decent but nowhere close. Karl doesn't seem too happy to be doing them so they're held together by Steve, who is a very funny man.
Doesn't Gervais look like Fred Flintstone!
Ha, oh yeah!
That did have me really laughing hard in a few places.
Yes, but... it's not really very visual is it? I mean, these were podcasts/radio for a reason weren't they?
I've seen a few of these now and really enjoy it. I like the way the animate Karl's stories, Merchant with his "Ye Olde knob on a stick" had me laughing out loud (and I've seen it before).
It's not all that visual no, but I haven't heard that much of the podcast stuff, so it was still enjoyable to me.
Yeah,, to be fair they do try to vary the visuals. I was being harsh. But it works best as audio, really. Especially when Gervais doesn't look anything like Gervais.
I haven't watched it yet, but I'm guessing they are taking it all from the Post XFM podcasts.
I still loved the episode when they were talking about Old Mother Hubbard & then realised how many verses there were.
It was one of those where I did laugh out loud on the train.
It is a crazy Nuresery Rhyme:
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To give the poor dog a bone:
When she came there,
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.
She went to the baker's
To buy him some bread;
When she came back
The dog was dead!
She went to the undertaker's
To buy him a coffin;
When she came back
The dog was laughing.
She took a clean dish
to get him some tripe;
When she came back
He was smoking his pipe.
She went to the alehouse
To get him some beer;
When she came back
The dog sat in a chair.
She went to the tavern
For white wine and red;
When she came back
The dog stood on his head.
She went to the fruiterer's
To buy him some fruit;
When she came back
He was playing the flute.
She went to the tailor's
To buy him a coat;
When she came back
He was riding a goat.
She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat;
When she came back
He was feeding her cat.
She went to the barber's
To buy him a wig
When she came back
He was dancing a jig.
She went to the cobbler's
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.
She went to the sempstress
To buy him some linen;
When she came back
The dog was spinning.
She went to the hosier's
To buy him some hose;
When she came back
He was dressed in his clothes.
The Dame made a curtsy,
The dog made a bow;
The Dame said, Your servant;
The dog said, Bow-wow.
This wonderful dog
Was Dame Hubbard's delight,
He could read, he could dance,
He could sing, he could write;
She gave him rich dainties
Whenever he fed,
And erected this monument
When he was dead.[1]
Only caught bits, but I'm not sure this is worthy of a TV show in its own right. Works well on radio as a podcast, but this smacks of cashing in on the Gervais brand. He wants to watch out, he'll be rivalling Peter Kay soon at mining his own past purely for the money.
